These Regulations make amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999, the Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 and the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 following the establishment of Historic Environment Scotland by the Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 (asp 19) (“the 2014 Act”). The changes, subject to transitional provisions, come into force on 1st October 2015. Regulations 2 and 4 are made in exercise of the powers in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

Regulation 2 amends the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999 to include Historic Environment Scotland as a consultation body for the purposes of Part 4 of those Regulations.

Regulation 3 amends the Town and Country Planning (Development Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2008 to add Historic Environment Scotland to the list of bodies specified as a key agency for the purposes of various provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997.

Regulation 4 amends the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 to include Historic Environment Scotland as a consultation body for the purposes of those Regulations.

Regulation 5 amends the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 to updated the definition of “category A listed building” to take account of changes made by the 2014 Act and to provide for consultation with Historic Environment Scotland, rather than the Scottish Ministers, in connection with planning applications in circumstance where development may affect aspects of the historic environment.